OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Young Learners’ Cognitive Processes in Picture-Based Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks: Synchronizing Eye Movements with Speech Production	43
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	36
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	35
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	26
Introducing Second Language Assessment	24
A Corpus-Based Multimodal Analysis of Written Assignments in the Target Language Use Domain: Implications for L2 Multimodal Writing Task Design and Assessment	22
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	18
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	17
Extra Time as an Access Arrangement in Digital Listening Tasks for L2 Learners with Literacy Difficulties	16
A Practical Guide to Language Assessment: How Do You Know That Your Students Are Learning?	15
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	15
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	14
Animation Videos in a Computer-Based Listening-Speaking Integrated Task: An Eye-Tracking and Mixed-Methods Study on Test-Taking Processes	13
Multimodality in Second Language Assessment	13
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	12
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	11
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	10
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	10
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	10
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	9
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	9
The Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	8
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	8
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
Challenges and Innovations in Speaking Assessment	6

Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	6
Application of Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment to the Test of Chinese as a Heritage Language (Reading)	6
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	5
Learning to Assess: Cultivating Assessment Capacity in Teacher Education	4
Informing Q-Matrix Specification with Exploratory Factor Analysis in Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment of Language Comprehension	3
Contributing to Multimodal Construct Definition and Operationalization: Insights from Research into Language Assessment Accommodations	3
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	3
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	3
Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice.	3
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	3
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	3
Second Language Identity: Awareness, Ideology, and Assessment in Higher Education	2
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions	2
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	2
The Role of Vocabulary in Speaking: Voices from Learners and Raters	2
Assessing Multimodal Compositions in EAP Context: Raters’ Perceptions and Operationalization of Assessment Criteria	2
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Listening	2
Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)	2
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	2
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	2
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	2
Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman	2
An Empirical Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices in L2 Korean Writing Assessment	1
Quality in Second Language Classroom Assessment: Controversies, Challenges, and the Need for Research on Teacher Conceptions and Practices	1
Test Takers’ Attitudes Toward Varieties of Accents in Listening Tasks of the Duolingo English Test (2021 test version)	1
A Three-Step DIF Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Across Regional Dialects to Improve Test Score Validity	1
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	1
EFL Development of Micro Reading Abilities: The Impact of Three Intervention Approaches Informed by Diagnostic Language Assessment	1
Development of a Sign Repetition Task for Novice L2 Signers	1
Examining the Scoring of Content Integration in a Listening-Speaking Test: A G-Theory Analysis	1
Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and Validity	1
On the Interplay Between Conceptions of Assessment and Assessment Agency: Perspectives of Iranian EFL Preservice Teachers	1
A Review of Pearson’s Versant English Speaking and Listening Test (VESLT)	1
In Memoriam: Timothy Francis McNamara (1949-2023)	1
Assessing Multimodal Viewing-to-Write Constructs: Task Design, Performance, Processing, and Rating	1
Test Review: LanguageCert IESOL B1 (Achiever) SELT	1
The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language	1
Comparability Between Graded Readers and the Common Test in Japan in Terms of Text Difficulty Perceived by Learners	1
Embracing Multimodality to Overhaul Assessment of English for Academic Purposes: Task Design and Validation	1
Talking and Thinking About Systems: An Interview with Nick Saville	1
Local Language Testing: Practice across Contexts.	1
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	1
Evaluating Fairness and Justice of External English Language Test Score Interpretation and Use for Japanese University Admission	1
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	1